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News & Updates in the LibrariesThu, 26 Feb 2015 18:27:16 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1New Clinical Pharmacology Mobile App Is Availablehttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=8004
http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=8004#commentsFri, 24 Oct 2014 20:14:18 +0000Wu Wendyhttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=8004A new mobile application for Elsevier Clinical Pharmacology is now available for you who use iPhone/iPad and Android devices. The new Clinical Pharmacology Mobile app can be downloaded via the Apple or Android app stores. See download instructions.

Clinical Pharmacology Mobile contains some of the same trusted content you depend on today:

Drug monographs both adult and pediatric

Indications, including on and off label

Contraindications and Precautions

Drug Images

IV compatibility

Drug-drug interactions report

Contact Shiffman Medical Library at (313) 577-1094 or email askmed@wayne.edu for further assistance.

Shiffman Medical Library Staff

]]>http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=80040Find, read and monitor thousands of scholarly journals directly from your iPad with the BrowZine apphttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=6152
http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=6152#commentsTue, 04 Feb 2014 17:56:25 +0000Wurm Jillhttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=6152With the decline of print, databases have become the primary way publishers deliver journals. But databases are designed for searching, not reading. BrowZine works by uniting articles from the Wayne State-owned databases into complete journals, then arranging them by subject on a newsstand. The result is a revolutionary new way to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals and articles.

BrowZine is a content delivery app designed to bring journal articles to your tablet. Currently it is available for iPad (downloadable through the App store) Google Nexus, Kindle Fire HD and Samsung Galaxy devices running OS 4.0+. BrowZine can be downloaded for those devices from Google Play and Amazon. The app is simple to use and brings back the browsability of a journal, which differs greatly from the experience of accessing electronic content from multiple database interfaces.

How do I access journals?

After downloading the app, users have instant access to a free, no-login required open access library. Complete journals and back issues in a variety of disciplines are available. However, since Wayne State subscribes to BrowZine, you can also access all of the Wayne State Libraries’ paid journal subscriptions. Journals can be placed onto a personalized bookshelf for easy access and, in the near future, notification of new available articles.

Can I browse the available journals?

Yes! Faculty members who enjoyed flipping through paper journals can now digitally recreate that experience by quickly scanning issues via a digital table of contents. Frequently read journals can be placed onto a user’s BrowZine bookshelf, where alerts will tell the user when new content has been added. Users can also save articles to a separate BrowZine shelf for offline reading.

Is it easy to read on a tablet?

BrowZine’s high quality PDFs only take moments to load and users can use the familiar pinch to zoom gesture in order to read or examine the paper closely. BrowZine also allows users to send articles to other apps and social media accounts, includings annotation apps like GoodReader, DropBox for cloud storage and citation trackers like Zotero.

How do I get started?

Download the BrowZine app and log in using your access ID and password. From there, start browsing!

CK offers access to information from 800 textbooks, 500 journals, 9,000 videos including routine technical and surgical procedures, as well as thousands of images and diagrams, guidelines and drug monographs.

Take a look at some of the exclusive features and benefits you’ll find in ClinicalKey:

• Saved Searches: store frequently used search terms for fast and easy access later
• Personal Reading list: build your own collection of books, journals and articles to red at your leisure
• Presentation Maker: collect and save images to export to PowerPoint
• Mobile Access: use clinical key on -the -go with a site optimized for your mobile device
• Sharing: email articles, images and book sections to colleagues.

Mobile Access: Access a subset of CP content via your mobile device (e.g. iPad/iPhone, Android phone). You can search drug interaction report, monographs, or use drug identifier tool and clinical calculators.Note: you need to obtain a CP code from shiffman for mobile access. See detail instructions on how to obtain the code and activate it via Shiffman Mobile site

]]>http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=49720Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) Availablehttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=4856
http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=4856#commentsTue, 24 Apr 2012 17:05:15 +0000Wu Wendyhttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=4856The Shiffman Medical Library now provides full access to the General Section of the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).JoVE is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication ofbiological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format. JoVE was established
as a new tool in life science publication and communication, with participation
of scientists from leading research institutions. JoVE takes advantage of video
technology to capture and transmit the multiple facets and intricacies of life
science research. Visualization greatly facilitates the understanding and
efficient reproduction of both basic and complex experimental techniques,
thereby addressing two of the biggest challenges faced by today’s life science
research community: i) low transparency and poor reproducibility of biological
experiments and ii) time and labor-intensive nature of learning new
experimental techniques. Finally, JoVE opens a new frontier in scientific
publication by promoting efficiency and performance of life science research.
Visualization of the temporal component, or the change over time integral to
many life science experiments, can now be done. JoVE allows you to publish
experiments in all their dimensions, overcoming the inherent limitations of
traditional, static print journals, thereby adding an entirely new parameter to
the communication of experimental data and research results.
]]>http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=48560Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) for Android Availablehttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=3895
http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=3895#commentsWed, 31 Aug 2011 19:20:52 +0000Wu Wendyhttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=3895The first release of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) for Android is now available.

This release allows users to:

Leverage WISER’s full database of chemical, biological, and radiological substances from an Android device and search WISER’s full list of known substances.

Take advantage of WISER’s new simplified search: search by name or ID using a single, integrated search field.

]]>http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=38950Access LactMed with your mobile devicehttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=3691
http://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=3691#commentsFri, 01 Jul 2011 15:07:24 +0000Wu Wendyhttp://library.wayne.edu/blog/?p=3691Need to know more about drugs and breastfeeding? The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) can help.

LactMed is a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Its information covers maternal and infant drug levels, possible effects on lactation and on breastfed infants, and alternative drugs to consider.